The UK asylum appeals backlog has almost doubled in a year to hit a new record high, the latest figures show. There were 80,333 cases in the system at the end of December, up from 41,987 at the same ...

The Chancellor and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband will hold a meeting at Downing Street with petrol retailers and energy suppliers.

Thomas Hamilton killed 16 children and their teacher in his shooting rampage through the gym of Dunblane Primary School in 1996.

The people of Dunblane will mark the 30-year anniversary of the tragedy there with “quiet dignity and respect”, the minister of the town’s cathedral has said. Rev Colin Renwick, who moved to Dunblane ...

The girl was taken to hospital with minor injuries after the attack at Thorpe St Andrew School on Wednesday morning.

A carer from Weston-super-Mare has won £550,000 from a radio show competition. Julie McGowan, 63, takes care of her mother full-time and entered a competition on Greatest Hits Radio while waiting at ...

Parts of Scotland are expected to see snow showers on Friday, after blustery conditions hit much of the UK on Thursday. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice for Friday ...

Broadcaster Kaye Adams has said she is “heartbroken” to hear the “malicious stories” about her following her departure from the BBC and denied allegations of misconduct. The Scottish radio host, 63, ...

First Minister John Swinney told MSPs his own son was born on the day of the tragedy – the deadliest mass shooting in UK history.

Workers in hard hats are on site, a huge crane is in motion, and after decades of uncertainty and delay, the work to restore the historic Birnbeck Pier has finally begun. The restoration was enabled ...

The Prime Minister has said what Irish language rap trio Kneecap stand for and say is “completely intolerable”. Sir Keir Starmer said the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) would be looking at a judgment ...

A mother-of-10 who forced a teenage girl to work as a “house slave” for more than 25 years has been jailed for 13 years. Amanda Wixon, 56, subjected the woman to years of abuse at her squalid home in ...